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Bolden, Tonya

Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America

76 pp. | Abrams | January, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-0846-6 $21.95
(3) YA How Sarah Rector came into her money goes back to the Trail of Tears, when the Five Tribes were forcibly removed from their lands and resettled in Indian Territory. Sarah and her family, black members of the Creek Nation, were allotted land that happened to sit on oil. Bolden unfortunately never found first-hand accounts, but the volume is handsomely designed, the history fascinating. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider

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